Coal-scuttle.



A. H. BROWN.

COAL SCUTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 13.1915.

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Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed member 13, 1915-. Serial No. seen.

To all whom 2'2, may concern:

Be it known thatl Annnn'r H. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coal-Sciit: tles,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coal scuttles, and its objectsare: First, to provide a coal scuttle with which soft coal, slack, andvery fine coal dust may be placed into a stove without the danger of theescape of dust, gas, &c. from the stove; second, to provide a coalscuttle with which fine coal dust may be placed into the stove at, orback of the center of the stove, and, third, to provide a coal scuttlewith which soft, fine coal dust may be carried into, and through a roomand placed into a stove without danger of scattering the coal dust uponthe carpet or floor.

I attain these objects by the construction and distribution of partsshown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a sectional sideview of my scuttle; Fig. 2 is a perspective of the scuttle; Fig. 3 showsthe scuttle as it is used for placing coal or slack into a soft coalstove having the coal entrance in the side of the stove; Fig. 4 showsthe scuttle in position to carry.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

This scuttle is made of sheet metal, as indicated, and is of rectangularoblong form somewhat broader than it is thick, as indicated in Fig. 2.In other words, it is designed to be made so its form, in cross section,will exactly, or very closely fit the door opening 6, in the front ofthe stove 7, so that when properly inserted into the stove it will restupon the slide 10 and will force the door 8, pivoted at 9, open for thefree passage of the coal 11.

The scuttle is made up of the several parts shown, comprising therectangular oblong bucket 1, the bail 3 which is pivotally connectedwith the body 1, as at 5, in position a little above the longitudinalcenter of the body to insure carrying the body in vertical position, asin Fig. 4, and in position so that when folded backward, or downward, itwill reach back of, or below the handle 4 on the body 1 of the scuttle,as shown in Fig. 3, and indicated at a in Fig. 1. The door 2, pivotedinto the body 1 near the back somewhat below the top or open end of thebody, treat 6, is designed to fit into the end of the body close enoughso that no dust can escape around it when carrying very fine coal dust,and is so arranged that when the open end of the scuttle is passedthrough the coal opening in the front of the stove, this door will beautomatically opened by the pressure of the outflowing coal, asindicated in Fig. 8.

It will be readily understood that the position of discharging the coalinto the stove, that is, in the center, back of the center or front ofthe center of the stove, depends upon the distance the open end of thescuttle is assed into the stove.

en the coal has been emptied from the scuttle into the stove and thescuttle has been withdrawn the door 8 of the opening into the stove willclose, as indicated by its dotted lines extending from the pivot point 9to the end of the slide 10, in Fig. 3.

It will be readily understood that with the scuttle made to closely fitinto, but freely pass through the opening to the door 8, common in allstoves of this class, which door is opened by the movements of the endof the scuttle, as indicated, and arranged to automatically close as thescuttle is being withdrawn from the opening 6, it will be impossible forany dust or gas to escape from the stove around the scuttle while coalis being poured into the stove or the scuttle is being withdrawn fromthe stove, even though the fuel being entered is of the very finest coaldust placed upon the market, or from the softest coal mined, thusrendering the burnin of this class of fuel just as cleanly and safe asthe best quality of anthracite coal; a result that has been long soughtfor and, up to this time, has been deemed impossible to accomplish, bothby stove dealers and coal merchants, and by means of which the cost offuel may be greatly reduced.

This scuttle may be used with equal success with hard coal, coke andother like fuels, and in pouring the fuel into the tops of the stovesthe side walls of the scuttle prevent all possibility of dropping lumpsof coal from the scuttle, over the edges of the stove and onto thefloor. It is, also, very much of an improvement over ordinary scuttlesfor feeding coal, coke, slack and other like fuels into furnaces, rangesand like heating appliances, and may be made in any desired or necessaryrectangular oblong form 01 size to meet the form or demands of thestove, furnace, &c., with which it is to be used.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. In a coal scuttle, a thin, broad, rectangular oblong body having aclosed bottom and an open top, a bail pivotally connected with the sidesof the body slightly above their centers, and a door pivotally connectedwith the sides of the body near the back thereof and somewhat below thetop of the body and arranged to incline upward and forward to the top ofthe front of the body.

2. In a coal scuttle, a rectangular oblong body having a closed bottomand an open top, a door pivotally connected with the sides of the bodynear the back a short distance below the top, a bail pivotally connectedwith the body near its longitudinal center, and a handle on'one side ofthe body near the lower end. 7

Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, December 9, 1915.

ALBERT H. BROWN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

